Portal 2 ARG

Interesting stuff from Valve being released in the run up to the Portal 2 release. Supposedly, a number of media outlets received a particular image of what appeared to be a bathysphere with faint text over the top (at least, InsideGaming said it looked like a bathysphere - I think it looks like the bot played by Stephen Merchant). In addition Valve's "Potato Sack" Steam deal from April 1st seemed to contain a number of hidden messages.

The Portal 2 blog also has some really interesting info on it, including a page from the turret manual - which suggests that we might be dealing with a book code (whereby you are given directions to a specific page/line in a specific book to crack a code).

The Half Life/Portal/Apeture Science world is very rich and detailed, so really lends itself to an ARG. With so much lore behind it there is a lot to draw on for intrigue and to spur on curiosity. The UnFiction thread is already going, jump in to join the f'ed up fun!


EDIT: Also! Theres a graphic comic available which bridges the gap between the two games - first issue can be found here! 

Cross Platform Portal 2 for the PS3!

Yes please, thank you and goodnight. Nice work Valve, I am always torn about which platform to buy games on as it limits the people I can interact with in the game world (so, buying an MMO on the PS3 would be difficult to interact with people due to the lack of a keyboard), but with the new release of Portal 2, all players will be able to interact with players on PS3, Mac and PCs and it doesn't matter which platform they're playing on. Awesome.

Full story can be found at wired.co.uk juuuuuuuuuuuuuuust here.


Picture from http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/o_r/portal2.jpg on www.wired.co.uk/

Plus, if you buy the PS3 version you'll be able to download a free PC/Mac version through Steam. Even.Freaking.Better.
Its another example of how Valve is one of the most community-savvy developers out there. Kudos Portal 2 team, ku-freaking-dos.